Rick Perry's Proud to Be a Christian
9,807 likes, 411,586 dislikes on YouTube. That's a 42:1 ratio. Nice.
No wonder Rick Perry is becoming more and more irrelevant in the Republican race, right down there with batty Michele Bachmann at the bottom of the polls.
Even most Republicans care more about economic issues than social. No one wants a candidate who wears his/her religion on their sleeve.
"That tyranny has all the vices both of democracy and oligarchy is evident. As of oligarchy so of tyranny, the end is wealth; (for by wealth only can the tyrant maintain either his guard or his luxury). Both mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -- Aristotle, Book V, 350 B.C.E
Whew!<wiping brow> Guess it's good people on YouTube don't vote?!
Considering Perry has dropped below the 10% threshold in all major polls, I think maybe they do.Originally Posted by CigarGuy
Or, at least, they do answer polls.
"That tyranny has all the vices both of democracy and oligarchy is evident. As of oligarchy so of tyranny, the end is wealth; (for by wealth only can the tyrant maintain either his guard or his luxury). Both mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -- Aristotle, Book V, 350 B.C.E
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November 15, 2011
All indicators point downward, I tell you. On the lobotomy box the other night I stumbled on what seemed to be sock puppets standing behind rostrums and hypnotically intoning “The American People...the American People...the American People.”
Puzzled, I speculated that it might be a troupe of performing autistics, but soon understood that it it was a debate among Republican candidates for the presidency. Why use people, I wondered? We could do it as well in software. Computer graphics, small recorded vocabulary, narcotic rhythm. Easy.
Someone named Romney was speaking. I checked the Wicked Pedia to see what manner of wight he might be. No surprises. Pampered rich kid, apparently not too bright, mediocre student in fancy private schools. A Mormon. Only one wife, though. A former missionary in France. It might have been worse. We could have bombed St. Denis.
I thought of all the Mormon missionaries I had seen in various countries, black-suited in Taiwan in August, peddling around like bicycle-borne undertakers, earnest, solemn, living in some eerie head-bubble inaccessible to outsiders. Oh help.
I'm going to become an ant, I decided. It would be less embarrassing. I don't know how to go about it, but there must be a way. I'll live in one of those high-rise mud nests in the Australian desert, except I think those are termites. How can they be termites with no wood to eat? Maybe they have it shipped in.
Among the American-Peoplers was Rick Perry, a Son of Texas in the mold of Bush II, dumb as turnips, inarticulate, a wing-nut Christian. I guess he's waitin' for thet ol' Rapture-suction to whoosh him up to drink Lone Star with Chay-suss. Poor Chaysuss. Rick wants to invade Mexico militarily, but only with the permission of the Mexican government. Thoughtful of him to ask.
Does he speak Spanish? No. English? Almost. Any experience outside the US? No. Doesn't need it. He has a direct line to God, who presumably speaks to him slowly, in words without too many syllables.
“The American People. The American People. We have to get America back on track. The Ordinary American. We have to get back to American Values. The American Dream.”
What the hell is the American Dream, I wondered? Seven credit cards maxed-out, living paycheck to paycheck, upside down on the mortgage in a boring house you don't really like, a job you hate but the retirement plan gotcha, your little boy buzzing on force-fed Ritalin, wife and daughter gobbling Prozac and everyone wondering, “Is this all there is?”
Actually, yes. Well, maybe a week at Disneyland with that stupid mouse.
Then Michele Bachmann, clueless evangelical daffodil. Complete ditz-rabbit. May God save us from Christianity. Brighter than Perry, but so is anything not actually inanimate. Not visibly intelligent enough to disqualify her for election, but maybe she is dissimulating. No experience in the world that I can see.
“America was not created to be a nation of followers,,” Romney told his followers. The key to election seems to be to tell Americans how wonderful they are, stroke them like cats, avoid puzzling them, and keep saying “The American Dream.” Tell them that we're a country of rugged individualists, just like Davy Crockett and Dan'l Boone. Probably we should wear coon-skin hats.
Somebody asked Romney, will he attack Iran if it doesn't obey Washington? “Absolutely,” responded this apostle of the Church of Latter Day Pattons. Japan's oil comes through the Straits of Hormuz, which his hearers believe to be a brand of beef stew. No oil, no Japan. No matter. “The American People....”
I'm going to slit my throat. Do ants have throats? A country of 315 million, nuclear-armed, able to wreck other countries it has never heard of in minutes, and the candidates sound as if they were addressing a warehouse of stuffed animals. This is the best we can do?
Yes.
The American People. The American Dream. We must turn this country around. Ok, then the East Coast would front on the Pacific. Why would that be better? It's probably some sort of real-estate scam.
Newt Gingrich. At least he's been to school, though he's smart enough not to emphasize it. The American People. The traditional values that made this country grate. Great. America is not a desperately sick over-policed welfare state collapsing into the Third World. No. Everything is as it always was. All we need is the Newt World Order and we will leap tall buildings at a single bound.
He too wants to attack Iran. The man has the military grasp of Tinker Belle. Grrr, bow-wow, woof.
Maybe instead of an ant, I'll become an aardvark. Though I'm not sure what one is. I need a change of phylum. What do cephalopods eat?
At least we no longer have that low-wattage high-school cheerleader turned moose-huntress. Stuffed animals fore and aft, I tell you. Contemplating Obama, I swore I'd never vote for another black president. After Bush II, I swore I'd nver vote for another white one. My options were narrowing. Now I'm thinking Obama or Herman Cain. Slick Empty in the great White Yurt on Pennsylvania Avenue is still corrupt and invertebrate, but now only starts small wars, as in Uganda. Cain makes pizzas and seems to be a human being. It's a novel concept but these are trying times. Besides they say he did sexually inappropriate stuff to some gals who want to be on talk-shows and get book contracts. Good for him. I'm going to start a group called Men Mad at Sanctimonious Priss Spigots. Cain can be a Founding Fondler.
Except for Cain (I think) and Ron Paul, the candidates all want to attack Iran. Rick Santorum too. I guess it's a manhood issue. Maybe we could buy them codpieces instead. Michele could get hers from Victoria's Secret, with sequins and flowers. Most of this crew were of military age during Viet Nam. How many served? Ah. Umm. Uh. Urg. A pack of martial dwarves without the tiniest freaking idea why the Pentagon can't beat Iran.
I couldn't take it. Before Ron Paul began to speak I went out for a gallon of Padre Kino red and an IV drip. I thought it might hold me over until I figured out how to become an aardvark.
After all, Ron Paul is tiresomely predictable. He would say hateful anti-American things. You know, we should get out of damn-fool wars, pick the military leech off the back of the republic, dismantle an empire that bankrupts the US, and end our perpetual state of martial priapism against Iran. Completely unelectable. A commie, I figure.
Ok. Against my better judgement, I'll play..........
Seems about right? Evangelical Christians make up, what, maybe 5% of the electorate? :dunno:
Some with Bachman; some with Perry.
This bothers you, somehow?
Typical LAGC rant against anything conservative, yet all we ever hear from him is crickets chirping regarding obama and his non-existant record.
Typical liberal double standard.
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Last I read over 75% of Americans say they are Christian
No, no, no. I meant "Evangelical" Christians, whatever that means?
MY interpretation of "Evangelical" Christians is that they have the "Christian" thingy above almost, if not all, else when they support a candidate. And Protestant Christian's, not Catholic Christians, right?
Means fundamentalist nut jobs to me.
Catholics are pretty liberal sooooooo.....I would agree not included.....
not Catholic Christians, right?
Wart
No, its entirely fitting. I just think its funny watching Perry's campaign completely implode.
If he was trying to broaden his base, narrowing his appeal to the fundamentalist Christian minority mindset was a sure way NOT to do it.
As if kids didn't celebrate X-mas and couldn't pray in schools plenty as it is...
"That tyranny has all the vices both of democracy and oligarchy is evident. As of oligarchy so of tyranny, the end is wealth; (for by wealth only can the tyrant maintain either his guard or his luxury). Both mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -- Aristotle, Book V, 350 B.C.E
It was pointed out that Iowa has a higher percentage of Fundamentalist Christians than most early states and that he HAS to do well in Iowa to get funding to continue. For him to point out how important his faith is to him makes all the sense in the world to me.
But, I'm sure he's glad you are entertained. He probably wasn't going to get your support anyways, right? Right?
I love this guy !!
Wart
Last edited by Warthogg; 12-09-2011 at 12:51 PM. Reason: To remove one Wart
This is simple, you tube is made up of mostly 12 to 25 year olds. Most of them are very ignorant of Christianity and faith in general. The big government MSM culture that has replaced it in their lives openly mocks it and calls for its demise. The MSM actively preaches the “virtue” of homosexuality, and demands wrath against those who dare question it.
Perry took a stand against the rainbow tide so every other big government group called a fire mission. That and the fact Perry reminds them of their Emmanuel Goldstein, GWB, was all it took to get the 400k dislikes. A rather small number for you tube by the way. Really nothing game changing.
I'm not sure what would qualify as and evangelical Christian. I think if you include catholic it 85% or so. The main point is I don't think most people that consider themselves Christian would care much if Perry says he is proud to be a Christian.
Agreed...........and maybe even some who aren't Christian..........
Now atheists? Possibly another story?
Talk about MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. What I find amazing is the distortion coming from the left in this country.
Perry used the example of Gays openly serving in the military. He didn't slam Gays or insult them. It was an OBVIOUS example of a 'progressive' action that the LIBERALS love. However, he contrasted that with the obvious BIGOTRY of attacking Christians, especially Children in our Marxist public school system. He was pointing out the obvious DOUBLE STANDARD. He wasn't calling to ban Gays from the military. Whoever claims that he said that, is a dickhead.
Weird. There was nothing controversial about that Ad, except to guys like LAGC, who see Christian Boogiemen under every excuse.....
Oh please. His entire argument was specious. Kids celebrate Christmas in practically every school in the country, with songs and pageants, even getting the week off. And its a flat-out lie to say that kids can't pray at school. There's nothing stopping them, kids form prayer groups all the time. What he really has a problem with is the fact that teachers can't ORGANIZE prayer. That pesky First Amendment -- separation of church and state -- is what he really has a problem with.
He's an authoritarian religious idiot, who turns off even most members of his own party.
"That tyranny has all the vices both of democracy and oligarchy is evident. As of oligarchy so of tyranny, the end is wealth; (for by wealth only can the tyrant maintain either his guard or his luxury). Both mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -- Aristotle, Book V, 350 B.C.E
I'm not necessarily a Perry fan, but PLEASE. For YOU of all people to accuse anyone of using a SPECIOUS ARGUMENT is like Ted Bundy condemning someone for being mean to women.
If you libs are going to argue that point at least stop making shit up. For fucks sake.
If they stop making crap up they wouldn't have much to say.
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